It’s been a curler coaster of every week for Sony Interactive Leisure, all due to the unforced error made with Helldivers 2. Out of the blue, the corporate, via developer Arrowhead, determined that every one PC gamers would want to create a PlayStation Community account and hyperlink it to their Steam account in the event that they need to proceed taking part in.
PSN account-linking has been an possibility because the launch of the sport, however instantly making it a requirement rubbed individuals the flawed approach, not least as a result of many merely can not create a PSN account, because the service will not be out there the place they stay. Sony was so dedicated to the transfer, it needed to pull the sport off sale from greater than 170 international locations the place PSN will not be out there.
Evidently, the backlash has been huge, sending the sport’s Steam evaluate rating tumbling and inflicting an overwhelmingly detrimental response in every single place. Whereas many gamers had been rightly fuming, some turned their consideration to the opposite main Sony PC launch on the horizon: Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Reduce.